I thought this would be a super fun challenge! You could use so many things as smoke or fire: baby powder, flour, smoke emitters, fire extinguishers, fog machines…and for fire: candles, lanterns, lighters, lamps, bulbs… I just love the possibilities of this! Go to town! I’ll pull some of the art that I see this week to feature! Use the hashtag #PromotingPassionChallenge so I can find you! Here is some food for thought. Enjoy the challenge, and remember to push…
Surrealism is defined by releasing the creative potential of the unconscious mind. The idea is broad, and the results are limitless – after all, that is the point of surrealism. To never be constrained by your own limitations, our own smallness. I love creating surreal works. It lets you break free of your conscious mind. We could all use a little more of that. I’ll pull some of the art that I see this week to feature! Use the hashtag…
Yarn is the most interesting prop! It is soft, organic…can strangle, can mend…The colors are endless, the uses diverse. I have been using yarn in my art for the past 9 years, relentlessly. It carried a great amount of symbolism and I find it to be incredibly rich. I can’t wait to see how creative you get with this! If you don’t have yarn, use rope or string instead! I’ll pull some of the art that I see this week…
It’s no secret that I love using the color red in an image. Why? Because it’s evocative. It symbolizes so many things – blood, life, death, love, passion, anger…. No matter what it means to you, I hope to see it come through in your art! I’ll pull some of the art that I see this week to feature! Use the hashtag #PromotingPassionChallenge so I can find you! Here is some food for thought. Enjoy the challenge, and remember to…
One of my friends, Heather, recently wrote to me “I see you as you are, soft and strong…” and those words really hit me. Soft and strong – how is that possible? I have often believed that to be soft is to be weak. I have massive issues in showing vulnerability to people I feel I should show command in front of. The problem is, I wrongly always see myself in a place of command, authority, and responsibility. Over the…